Post by Transonic on May 29, 2024 11:11:12 GMT -5
Thundercat is the puppeteer behind this character and Hearth, Silica, and Jubilee.
Laurie Tromette
(Transonic)
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Female | July 10th (17) | Bisexual | Other (Brotherhood) | Junior | Comic self
(Transonic)
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Female | July 10th (17) | Bisexual | Other (Brotherhood) | Junior | Comic self
Description: Laurie is a young woman standing at 5’5” in height with an athletic build. She is not quite petite, but has a slender, toned build from working out, track, and healthy diet, largely stemming from childhood illness. What makes her stand out however is her distinctive blue, crystal-like skin with visible protrusions and markings, magenta colored hair that goes to her upper back and is kept down, and silver eyes with faint white irises. Said skin enables her to technically go without clothing or “nude” in a sense of the word, showing nothing alarming and can be hindered by clothing. When she does wear clothes it’s for modesty sake, usually anything comfortable and not form fitting, except for her old track jacket, shorts, and shoes which are purple with silver accents.
Personality: Laurie is a person who is, and always has been, curious about the world around her. She will find interest in subjects, objects, or people she has never seen or met before, tending to observe from afar or diving right into researching as much as she can about that person, object, or topic if its available with great enthusiasm. She seeks knowledge to quench her seemingly endless need to know something, perhaps far more than the typical teenager would know. Where someone may research just for the sake of a project or out of necessity, Laurie does it just because there is endless avenues out there to find something interesting. To her at least.
From a young age, Laurie has been instilled with the concern for good morals and ethics. That is, Laurie has a belief that there are certainly actions that are right, even if it does mean perhaps bending rules to some degree, while others are clearly wrong in every sense of the word. She has grown up with the sense that she should try to treat everyone she meets with some level of respect, kindness, and openness, because you never know what might be going on or if one day how you treated that person could come back around full circle. Though, that's not to say that Laurie also knows when to have some level of skepticism and being careful. After all, not everyone is exactly out there to be your friend.
Laurie does have a bit of an issue in the social setting, if even being a bit awkward and shy. She has always found herself doing better with books than talking with people, being more concerned with her academics and knowledge seeking than long, drawn out conversations unless its a subject that truly catches her curiosity. Her social circle has been limited to people who have shared similar interests as herself, such as debates or current events, making her something best labeled as a nerd or geek by those in the cool crowd.
After recent events, Laurie has gotten a bit insecure and guarded. The loss of her friendship and the trust of her parents has made Laurie worried she will mess up again if she were to ever try to have other close relationships. She will still treat someone with kindness and respect but she is not so quick to open up more than ever. She wasn't the greatest when trying to get to know someone before yes, but Laurie's string of luck as of late has made her uncertain if this will be a repeated cycle. And well, her mutation has drastically changed her in terms of appearance, which certainly won't make this any easier, especially with Laurie being concerned being labeled as a freak or monster on top of already being a social oddball.
Powers: Laurie’s primary mutation is a physical one, her body having permanently changed to that of a deep blue colored crystalline substance. What is unique about this substance though is that it is malleable, better yet explained as a reactive, altering substance that responds to how fast Laurie goes or how high she flies. When flying at her full speed Laurie takes on a missile or rocket-like form, which makes her body appear rather smooth and aerodynamic. At lower altitudes, and only going at one-third her usual speed, her form shifts to a much spiker appearance complete with two horns extending from her forehead, spikes along her arms and legs, and spiked wings extending from her back, all of which can be used for maneuverability, balance, and melee purposes. And finally, Laurie can also turn into what appears to be a flying mermaid-like creature when in higher altitudes, her body becoming twice it's length with elongated limbs, her protrusions extending out into spikes and horns with additional spikes visible on her neck. Like her low altitude state, she gains spikes on her forearms, fin-like wings extending half her body length with the same purpose as her spiked ones, fin-like extensions on her feet and legs, and her face becomes smoother, more angular, and her hair extends well down to knee level.
Missile Form
Low Altitude
Mid-to-High Altitude
A second major aspect of Laurie’s mutation is that she can fly on her own power. Thus, like most mutant fliers, Laurie is limited to how high she can fly, which is only to ten thousand feet. But, this flight ability coincides with her first ability; her reactive crystal skin allowing her survive the g-forces and velocity at which she flies, preventing her from tearing herself apart. As her codename suggests, Laurie can travel, in terms of flight capabilities, at transonic speeds. Her speed cap can reach up to Mach 1, or 768 mph, but Laurie tends to limit herself to roughly 200 mph to 300 mph.
In the coming future, Laurie could gain some semblance of control over her metamorphosis to be able to create a sort of physical melee weapons or defense, or pick and choose what could help her in the moment. She could also increase the stamina and endurance she needs to use her flight and have it come as second nature to her without overthinking it. And her speed could gradually become less of a concern in being able to make sharp turns at lower speeds or extending how long she can fly at the speeds she can go.
Weaknesses: Laurie has no control over how her crystalline skin reacts. It's properties alter at its own accord, depending on how fast and high she is going, altering to a spiked or smooth appearance without her control. Though in time she may learn to control it to some extent, it will be some time before she can fully come to grips with what this physical metamorphosis can do. Laurie must also be consciously aware of how high she is going. Her body adapts to allow her to hold in oxygen for longer periods during this time but this supply will last for but an hour before she begins feeling dizziness. If she remains past her limit, Laurie can risk passing out or suffocation.
Laurie's ability to fly draws on her own physical power, which means she does take some mental concentration and focus to get going and keep herself aloft. It so far hasn't come naturally to her as most fliers, which means it might take months or a few years before she grasps in not overthinking this effort. Her flying is also not the most graceful. When combined with her speed she has to be conscious of slowing herself down enough to make sharp, sudden turns or rely on the wings she can manifest at higher altitudes to aid her in maneuverability and balance. Her oxygen intake is also concerning, as Laurie must be able to draw in large amounts of oxygen exhale as she makes stops or take breaks since she cannot regulate her oxygen intake when flying at high speeds. Laurie can also fly at a constant pace, but only for half-an-hour to an hour at a time at which point she will tire.
Laurie can fly at incredible speeds and her physical change prevents her from being torn apart, but it does physically drain her and comes with some problems. For one, she cannot just stop on a dime or slow right way. She most gradually slow herself or be conscious of how fast she is going to alter her direction. Sudden stops or turns gives her whiplash and causes her to become off-balance, on top of preventing her from properly taking in oxygen as she needs to. Thus, she must limit to quick, short bursts of speeds between 100-400 mph while using her full speed can push her to her physical limits at this time. She can use this full speed for five to ten minutes before she tires herself out and needing a long period to rest, but pushing beyond ten minutes will cause her to pass out from physical strain.
Skills/Hobbies: Laurie is an excellent runner without her mutant abilities being a factor and is quite intelligent. With her interest in journalism, she is a rather good sleuth and digging up information, thinking inside and outside the box in terms of methods to get information and is a skilled writer. Hobby wise, Laurie is a lover of books and puzzles, anything that can give her mind a challenge, and has a love for current and classical music, especially Vivaldi.
History: (Quick trigger warning for brief mentions of considering suicide.)
Laurie was born to Mr.Tromette and Mrs.Tromette as an only child in Cooperstown, New York, her father originating from the area and her mother moving there from Canada at some point in her teen years. The two would be high school sweethearts and eventually marry before Laurie was conceived. But, soon after her birth, Laurie and her family decided to move back to her mother’s place of birth to help take care of her ailing grandparents. And it would be here that Laurie would generally spend most of her life, being the only child her parents ever had.
Laurie’s life growing up was no different from any other child’s. When she was younger, she always seemed bright, happy, and loved to get her hands on just about anything and everything that caught her interest. In fact, her parents noticed a particularly highly curious nature about her, even at a young age. A young Laurie wanted to get into anything and everything, causing her parents to have to keep a close eye on her while also looking out for her grandparents. But, it is also from this impressionable age that Laurie learned about morals, ethics, and respect, her parents often drilling into her the meaning of all three and showing respect for her peers and authority.
To no surprise, Laurie kept these principles with her throughout her life. But it was sometime during when she was about seven or eight that Laurie began facing many bouts of having the flu on and off. This put her in the hospital often and required her to work far harder when it came to school, often playing catch up but doing fairly well despite this set back. Unfortunately, being in the hospital put a bad impression on her as the nurses and doctors she had weren’t all particularly kind or gentle, sometimes being quite aloof, rude, and seeming annoyed by her presence, causing her to become distrustful and uneasy when in or near a hospital. This would last for most of her elementary school years and first year of middle school before she showed signs of finally making a long-term recovery.
The moment she was given a clean bill of health, Laurie was more than happy to leave the place that had made her miserable and feel unwelcomed. It was also in seventh grade that Laurie began to finally blossom in her academics, once more diving into her studies and beyond, but also taking up track to help in strengthening her body. She began eating healthier, working out, just taking care to change her lifestyle to avoid becoming sick like she had before. Before long, Laurie found herself not only surpassing most of her classmates academically but able to reconnect with a childhood friend by the name of Melanie who seemed quite thrilled to have Laurie back.
She skipped a grade right to high school, but stayed friends with Melanie, who tried to help her friend keep confident and became a second encouragement for Laurie along with her parents. But, it was during these years her parents became more adamant about her focus and motivation, for her not to worry about a social life and that academics came before anything else. But Laurie was able to show she could balance both at least for a time. And over the course of her high school years, there was a constant tension between her and her mother that began to develop; her mother wanted her to become a doctor, pointing out Laurie had the smarts and skill for it but Laurie always refused on the account of her deathly fear of hospitals. Nevertheless though, Laurie generally kept a normal life…up until the past year.
It began with Melanie convincing Laurie to try and become one of the cool kids, after all Laurie was smart and attractive, two qualities that could surely win her points. So, Laurie agreed to go to a spot often used for illegal racing and often being a popular hang out for high school students, despite Laurie having reservations about going in the first place. Though surprised, the “cool kids” decided to take advantage of this unexpected situation. They pressured Laurie and Melanie to race, but it was ultimately Melanie who convinced Laurie to do so…resulting in a near fatal accident. Melanie was severely injured while Laurie only got minor injuries, but their friendship dissolved with Melanie blaming Laurie for what happened and Laurie soon lost the trust of her parents for her recklessness. She barely avoided getting jail time with the police deciding to give her a slap on the wrist, feeling she had gone through enough. And if that wasn’t enough, Laurie’s stress levels started going up when she began to feel sick once more, worried her flu had returned.
In fact, it was the very opposite. Instead, it was her powers beginning to manifest. She began to feel like she had the flu all over again, her bones felt like they were made of liquid metal due to the agonizing pain, and her hair began to fall out. Her parents became concerned, especially when her skin showed signs of becoming blue and hard, causing them to speak of going to the hospital but Laurie refused, her fear kicking in at the mention of it. The next year became a living hell for Laurie as the pain and other symptoms became worse, her brown hair becoming replaced with red and her skin painfully and slowly changing. Under all the agony, Laurie literally considered ridding of the pain through suicide if not for her parents stepping in at first.
But despite their help, Laurie never stopped thinking about doing so. Concerned for the mental and physical health of their daughter, the Tromettes spent the past three months making arrangements for her to go to Cooperstown in the hopes she might have a better chance with her father’s side. By then, Laurie’s mutation has finished coming in, but did not help her current mood, feeling being a mutant would only make her life more miserable. Arrangements made, Laurie took all her savings and what belongings she could fit in a suitcase and backpack before taking a bus trip to the United States and down through the state of New York. However, finding something far cheaper along the way, the young woman abandoned her original travel plans once she stopped in Bayville along the way and sought asylum at the Brotherhood Boarding House to build her own life
First Appearance Scene: Like with my others, I’d like to keep her original introduction intact with the timeline and can re-introduce her in another thread.
Personality: Laurie is a person who is, and always has been, curious about the world around her. She will find interest in subjects, objects, or people she has never seen or met before, tending to observe from afar or diving right into researching as much as she can about that person, object, or topic if its available with great enthusiasm. She seeks knowledge to quench her seemingly endless need to know something, perhaps far more than the typical teenager would know. Where someone may research just for the sake of a project or out of necessity, Laurie does it just because there is endless avenues out there to find something interesting. To her at least.
From a young age, Laurie has been instilled with the concern for good morals and ethics. That is, Laurie has a belief that there are certainly actions that are right, even if it does mean perhaps bending rules to some degree, while others are clearly wrong in every sense of the word. She has grown up with the sense that she should try to treat everyone she meets with some level of respect, kindness, and openness, because you never know what might be going on or if one day how you treated that person could come back around full circle. Though, that's not to say that Laurie also knows when to have some level of skepticism and being careful. After all, not everyone is exactly out there to be your friend.
Laurie does have a bit of an issue in the social setting, if even being a bit awkward and shy. She has always found herself doing better with books than talking with people, being more concerned with her academics and knowledge seeking than long, drawn out conversations unless its a subject that truly catches her curiosity. Her social circle has been limited to people who have shared similar interests as herself, such as debates or current events, making her something best labeled as a nerd or geek by those in the cool crowd.
After recent events, Laurie has gotten a bit insecure and guarded. The loss of her friendship and the trust of her parents has made Laurie worried she will mess up again if she were to ever try to have other close relationships. She will still treat someone with kindness and respect but she is not so quick to open up more than ever. She wasn't the greatest when trying to get to know someone before yes, but Laurie's string of luck as of late has made her uncertain if this will be a repeated cycle. And well, her mutation has drastically changed her in terms of appearance, which certainly won't make this any easier, especially with Laurie being concerned being labeled as a freak or monster on top of already being a social oddball.
Powers: Laurie’s primary mutation is a physical one, her body having permanently changed to that of a deep blue colored crystalline substance. What is unique about this substance though is that it is malleable, better yet explained as a reactive, altering substance that responds to how fast Laurie goes or how high she flies. When flying at her full speed Laurie takes on a missile or rocket-like form, which makes her body appear rather smooth and aerodynamic. At lower altitudes, and only going at one-third her usual speed, her form shifts to a much spiker appearance complete with two horns extending from her forehead, spikes along her arms and legs, and spiked wings extending from her back, all of which can be used for maneuverability, balance, and melee purposes. And finally, Laurie can also turn into what appears to be a flying mermaid-like creature when in higher altitudes, her body becoming twice it's length with elongated limbs, her protrusions extending out into spikes and horns with additional spikes visible on her neck. Like her low altitude state, she gains spikes on her forearms, fin-like wings extending half her body length with the same purpose as her spiked ones, fin-like extensions on her feet and legs, and her face becomes smoother, more angular, and her hair extends well down to knee level.
Missile Form
Low Altitude
Mid-to-High Altitude
A second major aspect of Laurie’s mutation is that she can fly on her own power. Thus, like most mutant fliers, Laurie is limited to how high she can fly, which is only to ten thousand feet. But, this flight ability coincides with her first ability; her reactive crystal skin allowing her survive the g-forces and velocity at which she flies, preventing her from tearing herself apart. As her codename suggests, Laurie can travel, in terms of flight capabilities, at transonic speeds. Her speed cap can reach up to Mach 1, or 768 mph, but Laurie tends to limit herself to roughly 200 mph to 300 mph.
In the coming future, Laurie could gain some semblance of control over her metamorphosis to be able to create a sort of physical melee weapons or defense, or pick and choose what could help her in the moment. She could also increase the stamina and endurance she needs to use her flight and have it come as second nature to her without overthinking it. And her speed could gradually become less of a concern in being able to make sharp turns at lower speeds or extending how long she can fly at the speeds she can go.
Weaknesses: Laurie has no control over how her crystalline skin reacts. It's properties alter at its own accord, depending on how fast and high she is going, altering to a spiked or smooth appearance without her control. Though in time she may learn to control it to some extent, it will be some time before she can fully come to grips with what this physical metamorphosis can do. Laurie must also be consciously aware of how high she is going. Her body adapts to allow her to hold in oxygen for longer periods during this time but this supply will last for but an hour before she begins feeling dizziness. If she remains past her limit, Laurie can risk passing out or suffocation.
Laurie's ability to fly draws on her own physical power, which means she does take some mental concentration and focus to get going and keep herself aloft. It so far hasn't come naturally to her as most fliers, which means it might take months or a few years before she grasps in not overthinking this effort. Her flying is also not the most graceful. When combined with her speed she has to be conscious of slowing herself down enough to make sharp, sudden turns or rely on the wings she can manifest at higher altitudes to aid her in maneuverability and balance. Her oxygen intake is also concerning, as Laurie must be able to draw in large amounts of oxygen exhale as she makes stops or take breaks since she cannot regulate her oxygen intake when flying at high speeds. Laurie can also fly at a constant pace, but only for half-an-hour to an hour at a time at which point she will tire.
Laurie can fly at incredible speeds and her physical change prevents her from being torn apart, but it does physically drain her and comes with some problems. For one, she cannot just stop on a dime or slow right way. She most gradually slow herself or be conscious of how fast she is going to alter her direction. Sudden stops or turns gives her whiplash and causes her to become off-balance, on top of preventing her from properly taking in oxygen as she needs to. Thus, she must limit to quick, short bursts of speeds between 100-400 mph while using her full speed can push her to her physical limits at this time. She can use this full speed for five to ten minutes before she tires herself out and needing a long period to rest, but pushing beyond ten minutes will cause her to pass out from physical strain.
Skills/Hobbies: Laurie is an excellent runner without her mutant abilities being a factor and is quite intelligent. With her interest in journalism, she is a rather good sleuth and digging up information, thinking inside and outside the box in terms of methods to get information and is a skilled writer. Hobby wise, Laurie is a lover of books and puzzles, anything that can give her mind a challenge, and has a love for current and classical music, especially Vivaldi.
History: (Quick trigger warning for brief mentions of considering suicide.)
Laurie was born to Mr.Tromette and Mrs.Tromette as an only child in Cooperstown, New York, her father originating from the area and her mother moving there from Canada at some point in her teen years. The two would be high school sweethearts and eventually marry before Laurie was conceived. But, soon after her birth, Laurie and her family decided to move back to her mother’s place of birth to help take care of her ailing grandparents. And it would be here that Laurie would generally spend most of her life, being the only child her parents ever had.
Laurie’s life growing up was no different from any other child’s. When she was younger, she always seemed bright, happy, and loved to get her hands on just about anything and everything that caught her interest. In fact, her parents noticed a particularly highly curious nature about her, even at a young age. A young Laurie wanted to get into anything and everything, causing her parents to have to keep a close eye on her while also looking out for her grandparents. But, it is also from this impressionable age that Laurie learned about morals, ethics, and respect, her parents often drilling into her the meaning of all three and showing respect for her peers and authority.
To no surprise, Laurie kept these principles with her throughout her life. But it was sometime during when she was about seven or eight that Laurie began facing many bouts of having the flu on and off. This put her in the hospital often and required her to work far harder when it came to school, often playing catch up but doing fairly well despite this set back. Unfortunately, being in the hospital put a bad impression on her as the nurses and doctors she had weren’t all particularly kind or gentle, sometimes being quite aloof, rude, and seeming annoyed by her presence, causing her to become distrustful and uneasy when in or near a hospital. This would last for most of her elementary school years and first year of middle school before she showed signs of finally making a long-term recovery.
The moment she was given a clean bill of health, Laurie was more than happy to leave the place that had made her miserable and feel unwelcomed. It was also in seventh grade that Laurie began to finally blossom in her academics, once more diving into her studies and beyond, but also taking up track to help in strengthening her body. She began eating healthier, working out, just taking care to change her lifestyle to avoid becoming sick like she had before. Before long, Laurie found herself not only surpassing most of her classmates academically but able to reconnect with a childhood friend by the name of Melanie who seemed quite thrilled to have Laurie back.
She skipped a grade right to high school, but stayed friends with Melanie, who tried to help her friend keep confident and became a second encouragement for Laurie along with her parents. But, it was during these years her parents became more adamant about her focus and motivation, for her not to worry about a social life and that academics came before anything else. But Laurie was able to show she could balance both at least for a time. And over the course of her high school years, there was a constant tension between her and her mother that began to develop; her mother wanted her to become a doctor, pointing out Laurie had the smarts and skill for it but Laurie always refused on the account of her deathly fear of hospitals. Nevertheless though, Laurie generally kept a normal life…up until the past year.
It began with Melanie convincing Laurie to try and become one of the cool kids, after all Laurie was smart and attractive, two qualities that could surely win her points. So, Laurie agreed to go to a spot often used for illegal racing and often being a popular hang out for high school students, despite Laurie having reservations about going in the first place. Though surprised, the “cool kids” decided to take advantage of this unexpected situation. They pressured Laurie and Melanie to race, but it was ultimately Melanie who convinced Laurie to do so…resulting in a near fatal accident. Melanie was severely injured while Laurie only got minor injuries, but their friendship dissolved with Melanie blaming Laurie for what happened and Laurie soon lost the trust of her parents for her recklessness. She barely avoided getting jail time with the police deciding to give her a slap on the wrist, feeling she had gone through enough. And if that wasn’t enough, Laurie’s stress levels started going up when she began to feel sick once more, worried her flu had returned.
In fact, it was the very opposite. Instead, it was her powers beginning to manifest. She began to feel like she had the flu all over again, her bones felt like they were made of liquid metal due to the agonizing pain, and her hair began to fall out. Her parents became concerned, especially when her skin showed signs of becoming blue and hard, causing them to speak of going to the hospital but Laurie refused, her fear kicking in at the mention of it. The next year became a living hell for Laurie as the pain and other symptoms became worse, her brown hair becoming replaced with red and her skin painfully and slowly changing. Under all the agony, Laurie literally considered ridding of the pain through suicide if not for her parents stepping in at first.
But despite their help, Laurie never stopped thinking about doing so. Concerned for the mental and physical health of their daughter, the Tromettes spent the past three months making arrangements for her to go to Cooperstown in the hopes she might have a better chance with her father’s side. By then, Laurie’s mutation has finished coming in, but did not help her current mood, feeling being a mutant would only make her life more miserable. Arrangements made, Laurie took all her savings and what belongings she could fit in a suitcase and backpack before taking a bus trip to the United States and down through the state of New York. However, finding something far cheaper along the way, the young woman abandoned her original travel plans once she stopped in Bayville along the way and sought asylum at the Brotherhood Boarding House to build her own life
First Appearance Scene: Like with my others, I’d like to keep her original introduction intact with the timeline and can re-introduce her in another thread.